Eternal Life from the Golden Needle Technique

"We finally succeeded!"

"Junior Shen, let's go. With the original Array Base as its core and the adjustments you helped with, this Ninth Layer Mountain Array should have no problem trapping him for half a day!"

After successfully using the remnants of the original Array Base within these Grotto Heaven Ruins to reconstruct an Array and suppress Qiu Kunsheng,

Wei Yuting undoubtedly breathed a huge sigh of relief.

A look of immense joy, born from surviving a disaster, appeared on her delicate face!

It couldn't be helped.

Anyone who had experienced several near-death encounters in just a few short days

would likely have the same reaction.

A few days ago, after Qiu Kunsheng had used a Breaking Charm to destroy the Array she had been relying on for support, Wei Yuting had been certain she was going to die.

She never imagined that he would later need an Array Master to help break an array,

allowing her to survive for the time being.

At the time, she had planned to feign cooperation while secretly plotting, figuring that even if they all perished together, she could at least take a few more Demon Cultivators down with her.

She had already prepared herself for death.

But who would have known that along the way,

she would receive a secret message from Shen Changchuan, who used his Gu Cultivation Technique to contact her through a Centipede Gu.

Communicating through the Centipede Gu,

the two of them formulated a plan without anyone from the Corpse Refining Sect noticing a thing.

And so,

under Wei Yuting's guidance,

Shen Changchuan used the hidden measures she had left behind, along with the destroyed Array Base on the mountain, to re-establish the Ninth Layer Mountain Array.

Which led to the scene before them.

During this process,

although they had encountered the massive complication of a mysterious female corpse reviving,

the plan had, for the most part, ultimately been completed.

She had also managed to escape.

Now,

with the Ninth Layer Mountain Array buying them time,

escaping would not be a problem.

Once they called for reinforcements,

they could settle all scores!

"Senior Sister, wait. I want to fight him!"

However,

just as Wei Yuting was about to leave,

Shen Changchuan, his gaze fixed on Qiu Kunsheng suppressed beneath the Ninth Layer Mountain Range Formation, suddenly spoke.

"What?!"

Hearing this, Wei Yuting's face turned pale with shock.

She thought Shen Changchuan must have lost his mind to say such a thing,

but seeing the unwavering determination in his eyes, she couldn't help but grow anxious.

"Junior Shen, although you are a heaven-sent genius, that old fiend is a Soul Emergence Eighth Layer existence, after all."

"Besides, as the Sect Leader of the Corpse Refining Sect, he's dominated the Nanyue Kingdom for years. Even with my Array to help, how could he possibly be easy to deal with?"

"You're only at the Soul Emergence Sixth Layer right now. The gap is just too wide! A single misstep could lead to your death!"

"Even if you have some great feud with him, you can just go back and call for your senior brothers and allies from other Sect Influences to come help. There's no need to fight him to the death..."

"Senior Sister, I don't know him, and I have no feud with him."

Shen Changchuan shook his head, directly interrupting Wei Yuting.

"The only reason I must fight is that this matter concerns my path of the Dao!"

A brilliant light shone in Shen Changchuan's eyes as he stared at Qiu Kunsheng, who was enveloped by the Array.

Several days ago, outside these Secret Realm Ruins, after fighting and killing the Second Elder of the Soul Emergence Seventh Layer, Shen Changchuan had vaguely felt the bottleneck of his Soul Emergence Sixth Layer Peak loosen slightly.

It was just that, at the time,

he had captured several Disciples of the Corpse Refining Sect and, through a Soul Search, learned that Wei Yuting had been forced to cooperate with them.

Worried something would happen to her, he didn't have much time to properly reflect on the insights from that battle and had quickly concealed his presence to enter the Secret Realm Ruins.

Until now.

Seeing Qiu Kunsheng suppressed by the Ninth Layer Mountain Array,

Shen Changchuan felt a faint premonition rise within him.

'Go up and fight him!'

'If I can just beat him,'

'then I'll be able to grasp the opportunity to break through the Soul Emergence Sixth Layer Peak!'

It was a feeling that came from nowhere,

one that even sounded absurd when spoken aloud!

But Shen Changchuan did not doubt it in the slightest!

Because,

this was the very nature of cultivation!

As a Cultivator, one naturally possessed a kind of precognitive intuition, a sudden whim that was more than just a whim.

A bottleneck could hold a Cultivator back for ten years, or even decades.

If the feeling wasn't there, a breakthrough was nearly impossible without the use of extremely precious Elixirs or Heavenly and Earthly Treasures.

But once that feeling, that opportunity, arrived,

then Breaking a Realm in a single day was not at all impossible.

And right now, Qiu Kunsheng,

was the very opportunity Shen Changchuan's intuition had told him was crucial for his own breakthrough!

Shen Changchuan did not want to miss this chance and potentially fall into a bottleneck that could last for years, or even decades.

He had to take this risk!

The Immortal Cultivation Realm was fraught with peril.

Although he had joined the Dragon Cloud Sect and was under his Master's protection, Shen Changchuan could vaguely sense the crisis brewing in the current situation.

'Someone as strong as Master can't protect us forever...'

He had to raise his Cultivation Realm as much as possible, to gain some say in the Immortal Cultivation Realm, so that he wouldn't just become cannon fodder whose fate was controlled by others.

This point,

was also what his Master had expected of him for the past three years!

'Qiu Kunsheng is strong, but his Lifebound Corpse Refinement was slain by that mysterious female corpse, weakening his power considerably. On top of that, the death of his Lifebound Corpse Refinement has likely caused him to suffer a certain degree of backlash!'

'The current Qiu Kunsheng, weakened in multiple ways, is no longer the imposing Sect Leader who once dominated the outside world and could even threaten a Soul Emergence Ninth Layer expert by working with his Lifebound Corpse Refinement!'

'This is probably my only chance to, at the Soul Emergence Sixth Layer Peak, defeat an opponent at the Eighth Layer Late Stage!'

Around Shen Changchuan,

a vast battle intent surged.

His robes fluttered though there was no wind.

He wasn't some reckless brute who charged in thoughtlessly.

This was a carefully considered decision.

Although the current Qiu Kunsheng was still powerful,

it was not impossible to defeat him!

"This..."

At his side, Wei Yuting opened her mouth,

but ultimately, she didn't try to persuade him further.

As a Disciple who had once trained in the Yuqing Immortal Sect, she knew a fair number of cultivation secrets.

For example,

battles between life and death were helpful for breaking through one's Cultivation Realm!

A long time ago,

the seniors within the Immortal Sect had discovered,

that among Cultivators of similar talent and with similar resources,

those who frequently experienced life-and-death battles improved their Cultivation Realm much faster than those who spent years in seclusion without fighting!

A discovery this important was naturally studied by powerful figures.

Wei Yuting wasn't qualified to know the specific results of their research.

But she had heard some related things from her master, Master Wandering Dragon.

Clashes between life and death,

involved many things,

including one's Dao Heart, willpower, tempering, and even destiny...

Using life-and-death battles to find the opportunity to break through a cultivation bottleneck,

was not a fantasy.

"Can you win?"

Since it concerned Shen Changchuan's path of the Dao, Wei Yuting, though worried, couldn't bring herself to stop him outright. She could only ask him indirectly.

"Don't worry. It's a guaranteed win!"